This is a retrospective of Wolodymyr Golash's photography,
depiction of Ukrainian community eventsand life in the Montreal region. His love and belief
that one day to see a free Independent Ukraine wasnot realized, but we are witnesses of this miraculous
happening, August 24, 1991 the declaration bythe Verchovna Rada that Ukraine is a free and Independent
country!!! >>>more

The call by Canadian Jewish Congress president Keith
Landy for the government tocreate a Holocaust museum needs some qualification
- not because the victims of thatgenocide are not worthy of being remembered,
but because we should not forget thevictims of other genocides>>>more

The St. Volodymyr Cultural Society of Montreal was
established in 2002 as a non profitorganization with an all-volunteer group of people
dedicated to keeping Quebecers awareof Ukrainian heritage and culture and to preserve
and promote it in this province. >>>more

In order to help and meet the specific needs encountered
by Ukrainians arriving inMontreal, the decision to found an association
was made and «Zustrich» was bornon December 20, 1997 (in Ukrainian "meeting", "greeting",
"appointment") >>>more

There are a half dozen or so Ukrainian Catholic parishes
in the city of Montreal.St. Michael's was the first Ukrainian Catholic Church,
the "mother parish," inMontreal. Here, many Ukrainians first worshiped, were
baptized or married, orgiven final respects. >>>more

Public
is misinformed about war crimes - Roman SerbynThe accusations of Ukrainian war criminality being
false, the media repeating the false accusationsuncritically, the media adding their own distortions,
and worst of all, the media failing to reportcorrective information that is supplied to it.
The name of Simon Wiesenthal appears repeatedlyas a source of the anti-Ukrainian misinformation.
>>>more

As part SUM’s Montreal branch ( oseredok) 50th
anniversary celebrations, an unveiling of animpressive monument in honour of fighters of the Ukrainian
Insurgent Army (UPA) was unveiledand dedicated during a solemn ceremony in the presence
of Montreal’s Ukrainian community atSUM’s summer camp, Verkhovyna, 60 km. north-east of
Montreal, on Sunday, July 23, 2000. >>>more

Lubomyr Luciuk, PhD, is author of In Fear of
the Barbed Wire Fence. Also, Searching For Place:Ukrainian Displaced Persons, Canada, and the Migration
of Memory (University of Toronto Press, 2000),serves as director of research for the Ukrainian Canadian
Civil Liberties Association. This editorialrepresents his personal opinion, not necessarily
that of UCCLA or any of its members or supporters,including those in the UCC >>>more

Born in Montreal of Ukrainian heritage, Taras is quickly
emerging as a leading bass-baritoneat many opera houses and orchestras in North America.
This summer he made his Europeandebut to critical acclaim in the title role of Don
Giovanni touring France and Belgium.
>>>more

Zolota Bulava, or ZB can trace its beginning to the
summer of 1989 when Yuri Mytko,Zenon Pawlowsky and Andrew Holderberg borrowed
instruments from various friendsand decided to start a new Ukrainian zabava band in
Montreal >>>more

Ukrainian
Golf Across Canada PageThe UCGP, main goal is to inform
Canadian golfers of Ukrainian decent about golf tournaments across
Canada. Also, a link to the UGAC site, which coordinating
a team to compete at the next
Ukrainian World Golf Challenge III to be held in Hawaii, October 2003. >>more

Montreal's
Ukrainian Community (Hromada)Today, Montreal's Ukrainian
community is well respected and well integrated within mainstream
Quebecois society, and their presence and respect is reflected with pride
by the various place and street names found within the Greater Montreal
region. >>more

Community
PhotosYou are cordially invited to
browse through these pages to experience the vitality of Montreal's Ukrainian
community, to perhaps renew old acquaintances, or for those who attended
these events, simply to stroll down memory lane. >>more

In Memory
of the late Roman Olynyk RakhmannyIt was widely reviewed and critics noted that the
body of Rakhmanny’s writings enriches “the theory and practice of
world journalism, and is an instrument for researching life and predicting
the development of socio-political thought in the contemporary
world.” For this work in March, 1994, Roman Rakhmanny received
Ukraine’s highest award, the Shevchenko State Prize. >>more

Summit
of the AmericasThe purpose: More than 9,000
delegates from 34 countries in North, South and Central America,
members of the Organization of American
States, met as part of the continuing talks toward an agreement on a Free
Trade Area of the Americas, lowering trade barriers throughout the Western
Hemisphere. >>more

CHERESIn
1990, Andriy Milavsky formed a group called Cheres, which performs music
from the Carpathian mountains. The most recent recording by Cheres
is called "From the Mountains to the Steppe - Village Music of Ukraine."
You can also hear him on new Smithsonian Folkways recording, "New York
City: Global Beat of the Boroughs." more >>

Disinformation
on Ukraine's Freedom FightersOne of the most famous opposition leadersduring and after the Second World War was Stepan Bandera.
The aim of the Banderawas to gain independence for Ukraine. Bandera's name became synonymous withUkrainian nationalism during the Soviet era. >>more